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Barber vs Adkins

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BarberWinner
82.0

Barber wins: Longevity, Statistics

Adkins
82.0

Adkins wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Me'Lisa Barber
82.0

Barber leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship relay gold medallist and United States 100 metres champion.

1. Me'Lisa Barber
82.0
2. Derrick Adkins
82.0

Category breakdown

Season form · Major golds per season

Career timeline · Major golds per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇺🇸 Me'Lisa Barber5 seasons played · career day 1,825360 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Derrick Adkins5 seasons played · career day 1,825359 major golds
-0.3% vs Barber at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Barber0050111360614
🇺🇸 Adkins0055119359703

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricBarberRetiredAdkinsRetired
World Championship gold medals1
World Championship medals2
United States titles1
Personal best (100m)10.96
World Championship finals2
Olympic gold medals1
World outdoor titles1
US national titles2
Personal best (s)47.54
Global finals contested3
Dominance w25%7882
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%7468
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8682

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GOAT Rank · the data
Barber82.0
Adkins82.0
The people
Barber
Adkins

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